How do I get a decimal value when using the division operator in Python?

Question

For example, the standard division symbol \'/\' rounds to zero:

>>> 4 / 100
0

However, I want it to return 0.04. What do I use?

Answer 1

You might want to look at Python's decimal package, also. This will provide nice decimal results.

>>> decimal.Decimal('4')/100
Decimal("0.04")